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<p>A data-driven <code>UICollectionView</code> framework for building fast and flexible lists.</p>

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<th>Main Features</th>
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<td>&#128581;</td>
<td>Never call <code>performBatchUpdates(_:, completion:)</code> or <code>reloadData()</code> again</td>
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<td>&#127968;</td>
<td>Better architecture with reusable cells and components</td>
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<td>Create collections with multiple data types</td>
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<td>Decoupled diffing algorithm</td>
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<td>Fully unit tested</td>
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<td>Customize your diffing behavior for your models</td>
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<td>&#128241;</td>
<td>Simply <code>UICollectionView</code> at its core</td>
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<td>&#128640;</td>
<td>Extendable API</td>
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<td>&#128038;</td>
<td>Written in Objective-C with full Swift interop support</td>
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<p><code>IGListKit</code> is built and maintained with &#10084;&#65039; by <a href="https://engineering.instagram.com/">Instagram engineering</a>.
We use the open source version <code>master</code> branch in the Instagram app.</p>
<h2 id='requirements' class='heading'>Requirements</h2>

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<li>Xcode 9.0+</li>
<li>iOS 9.0+</li>
<li>tvOS 9.0+</li>
<li>macOS 10.11+ <em>(diffing algorithm components only)</em></li>
<li>Interoperability with Swift 3.0+</li>
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<h2 id='installation' class='heading'>Installation</h2>
<h3 id='cocoapods' class='heading'>CocoaPods</h3>

<p>The preferred installation method is with <a href="https://cocoapods.org">CocoaPods</a>. Add the following to your <code>Podfile</code>:</p>
<pre class="highlight ruby"><code><span class="n">pod</span> <span class="s1">'IGListKit'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'~&gt; 4.0.0'</span>
</code></pre>
<h3 id='carthage' class='heading'>Carthage</h3>

<p>For <a href="https://github.com/Carthage/Carthage">Carthage</a>, add the following to your <code>Cartfile</code>:</p>
<pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>github "Instagram/IGListKit" ~&gt; 4.0.0
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<p>For advanced usage, see our <a href="https://instagram.github.io/IGListKit/installation.html">Installation Guide</a>.</p>
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<h2 id='getting-started' class='heading'>Getting Started</h2>
<pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="gp">$ </span>git clone https://github.com/Instagram/IGListKit.git
<span class="gp">$ </span><span class="nb">cd </span>IGListKit/
<span class="gp">$ </span>./scripts/setup.sh
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<ul>
<li>Our <a href="https://instagram.github.io/IGListKit/getting-started.html">Getting Started guide</a></li>
<li>Ray Wenderlich&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.raywenderlich.com/147162/iglistkit-tutorial-better-uicollectionviews">IGListKit Tutorial: Better UICollectionViews</a></li>
<li>Our <a href="https://github.com/Instagram/IGListKit/tree/master/Examples">example projects</a></li>
<li>Ryan Nystrom&rsquo;s <a href="https://realm.io/news/tryswift-ryan-nystrom-refactoring-at-scale-lessons-learned-rewriting-instagram-feed/">talk at try! Swift NYC</a> (Note: this talk was for an earlier version. Some APIs have changed.)</li>
<li><a href="https://medium.com/cocoaacademymag/iglistkit-migrating-an-uitableview-to-iglistkitcollectionview-65a30cf9bac9">Migrating an UITableView to IGListCollectionView</a>, by Rodrigo Cavalcante</li>
<li><a href="https://overflow.buffer.com/2017/04/10/keeping-data-fresh-buffer-ios-asyncdisplaykit-iglistkit-pusher/">Keeping data fresh in Buffer for iOS with AsyncDisplayKit, IGListKit &amp; Pusher</a>, Andy Yates, Buffer</li>
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<h2 id='documentation' class='heading'>Documentation</h2>

<p>You can find <a href="https://instagram.github.io/IGListKit">the docs here</a>. Documentation is generated with <a href="https://github.com/realm/jazzy">jazzy</a> and hosted on <a href="https://pages.github.com">GitHub-Pages</a>.</p>

<p>To regenerate docs, run <code>./scripts/build_docs.sh</code> from the root directory in the repo.</p>
<h2 id='vision' class='heading'>Vision</h2>

<p>For the long-term goals and <q>vision</q> of <code>IGListKit</code>, please read our <a href="https://github.com/Instagram/IGListKit/blob/master/Guides/VISION.md">Vision</a> doc.</p>
<h2 id='contributing' class='heading'>Contributing</h2>

<p>Please see the <a href="https://github.com/Instagram/IGListKit/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md">CONTRIBUTING</a> file for how to help. At Instagram, we sync the open source version of <code>IGListKit</code> daily, so we&rsquo;re always testing the latest changes. But that requires all changes be thoroughly tested and follow our style guide.</p>

<p>We have a set of <a href="https://github.com/Instagram/IGListKit/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Astarter-task">starter tasks</a> that are great for beginners to jump in on and start contributing.</p>
<h2 id='license' class='heading'>License</h2>

<p><code>IGListKit</code> is <a href="./LICENSE">MIT-licensed</a>.</p>

<p>The files in the <code>/Examples/</code> directory are licensed under a separate license as specified in each file. Documentation is licensed <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">CC-BY-4.0</a>.</p>

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